How To Install ghc-glib on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-glib on CentOS 7. ghc-glib is Binding to the GLIB library for Gtk2Hs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-glib on CentOS 7.

What is ghc-glib

The GNU Library is a collection of C data structures and utility functions for dealing with Unicode. This package only binds as much functionality as required to support the packages that wrap libraries that are themselves based on GLib.

We can use yum or dnf to install ghc-glib on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghc-glib.

Install ghc-glib on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install ghc-glib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-glib

Install ghc-glib on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install ghc-glib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-glib

How To Uninstall ghc-glib on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the ghc-glib package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ghc-glib

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-glib on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.